Hearing Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation of Children With Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Ross, Danielle S ^a   Holstrum, W June ^b   Gaffney, Marcus ^a   Green, Denise ^a   Oyler, Robert F ^c   Gravel, Judith S ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b McKing Consulting Corporation   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

early hearing detection and intervention; mild bilateral hearing loss (MBHL); minimal hearing loss; newborn hearing screening; unilateral hearing loss (UHL)

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY SCREENING; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL SCREENING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38849109428     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713807306241     Document Type: Article

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